(1437) Diomedes
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Object
Object | (1437) Diomedes |
Diameter(1) | 118 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 8.30 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.201523 ± 0.000001 au |
Eccentricity | 0.043492879 ± 0.000000059 |
Inclination | 20.479188616 ± 0.000005732 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 315.791327 ± 0.000015 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 130.129282 ± 0.000147 ° |
Mean anomaly | 268.498303 ± 0.000158 ° |
Orbital period | 11.86 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv3 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt |
bsp file | 1437_Diomedes_nima_v3.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1931-02-17 |
Date of last observation | 2020-08-05 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2343 |
Number of rejected observations | 29 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2371 |
Number of unpublished observations | 1 |
RMS of observations | 0.485 arcsec |
Residuals
Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2020-01 | 0.009 | 0.009 |
2020-07 | 0.016 | 0.014 |
2021-01 | 0.021 | 0.022 |
2021-07 | 0.026 | 0.022 |
2022-01 | 0.041 | 0.034 |
2022-07 | 0.034 | 0.025 |
2023-01 | 0.054 | 0.040 |
2023-07 | 0.037 | 0.029 |
2024-01 | 0.050 | 0.044 |
Ephemeris comparison
Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL60 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.